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George S. Fitch, a wealthy land owner and representative farmer of Independence township, Oakland County, residing on his handsome farm of 120 acres situated in section 34, was born December 19, 1867, and is a son of Henry and Hannah (Cowdin) Fitch and a grandson of Stephen Fitch.

Stephen Fitch, who was a native of New York, came to Michigan at an early date, and here began the clearing and the cultivation of the land with the rest of the pioneer farmers who came here when he did. After several years of hard work he succeeded in raising crops that made things easier for him thereafter. When he retired from active work, he removed to the village of Romeo, Michigan, and invested in considerable land in the vicinity of Elba. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He had a family of four children, namely: Henry; Stephen, who resides at Bridgeport, Alabama, where he is postmaster; Martha, who died while in the years of girlhood; and George, a resident of Detroit, Michigan, interested in the Egger wholesale sugar house, of which he is bookkeeper.

Henry Fitch, our subject’s father, was born in Macomb County, Michigan, February 28, 1838, and lived there until he was 21 years of age and then removed to Independence township, Oakland County, where he farmed for many years and was among the most prosperous farmers of his community. He died on the old homestead March 11, 1899. Politically he was a Republican. In fraternal circles he was a member of the K. O. T. M. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church for many years and always took an active part in the work of that church. He was married to Hannah Cowdin, a native of Brandon township, Oakland County, Michigan, and a daughter of Adam Cowdin. They were blessed with three children, namely: Ada (Starring), who now resides in Rochester, Oakland County; George S.; and Maude (Miller), who resides in Pontiac.

George S. Fitch was reared and educated in Independence township, and has always lived on his present farm of 120 acres, which is situated in section 34, on Woodhull Lake and the Clinton River. He has been very successful in his farming career. The homestead is well kept and is supplied with several large and substantial farm buildings. He is engaged in general farming and keeps abreast of the progress in agriculture in practicing a rotation of crops. He raises annually about 1,000 bushels of potatoes and 800 bushels of corn, besides a very large hay crop. He is a Republican but takes little interest in any political affairs. In fraternal circles he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Gleaners and of the Grange. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Sashabaw Plains.